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How a butterfly’s scales are born
A butterfly's wing is covered in hundreds of thousands of tiny scales, like miniature shingles on a paper-thin roof. A single scale is as small as a speck of dust yet surprisingly complex, with a corrugated surface that helps wick away water, manage heat, and reflect light to give a butterfly its signature shimmer. MIT...
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